Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The development of gene-editing technology has led to many ethical questions. PhonlamaiPhoto/iStock via Getty Images Plus With ...

It's these two lines of thinking which combine distopicaly. Ultimately, this tech is going to belong to the rich who will be able to treat things like mortality as something to fix while the rest of ...

Jeff Bartel is chairman and managing director of Hamptons Group, a private investment and strategic advisory firm headquartered in Miami. Gene editing technology, a major biotechnology advance, is ...

Three U.S. senators issued a resolution July 15 calling for the development of international ethical standards to govern gene editing research. The resolution was spearheaded by Sens. Dianne Feinstein ...

An ad hoc committee will plan and conduct a public workshop to examine challenges facing the use of animals in scientific research stemming from the widespread use of gene editing technologies, such ...

FLORENCE, Italy — With scientists on the verge of being able to manipulate genes before birth, questions about when it is ethical to use available technology and which risks are acceptable when ...

Scientists in Japan have used gene-editing technology to remove the extra chromosome responsible for Down syndrome, at least in lab-grown human cells. The project, led by Dr. Ryotaro Hashizume of Mie ...

Vence L. Bonham Jr., Acting Deputy Director at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and an investigator in the National Human Genome Research Institute’s (NHGRI) Division of Intramural ...

A multidisciplinary committee of experts studied the scientific underpinnings of human gene-editing technologies, their potential use in biomedical research and medicine -- including human germline ...

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It's really hard to draw some arbitrary line in the sand. I do wonder if there was much debate back in the day about man-made antibiotics. It's very much in line with antivax thinking. I feel like ...